On this day: December 8
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1849 · Nimrod: Narrowly escaped wrecking on a reef.
- 1852 · Fortune: Traded with islanders and recruited two men.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Sent boats ashore for wood and trade.
- 1837 · Addison: Fore-topmast cracked and replaced.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Chronometer stopped working.
- 1852 · Fortune: Shipped one native and one white man.
- 1853 · Fortune: Third mate failed to return from liberty.
- 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
- 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
- 1851 · Pacific: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1904 · Karluk: Sled arrived from Longon Bay.
- 1832 · Bengal: Keeper lamented hunting pilot whales.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented a tedious passage.
- 1834 · Bengal: Complained of cold and disagreeable weather.
- 1845 · Draco: Mistook finbacks for catchable whales.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper hoped for whales next.
- 1848 · Draco: Keeper pleaded for whales to go home.
- 1848 · Nimrod: Four furious sharks circled the ship.
- 1848 · Nimrod: Keeper called whaling hard work.
- 1851 · Fortune: Sick crew members recovered.
- 1848 · Draco: Caught three porpoises.